Do they predict the future or simply rehash the past? By figuring out why we dream, researchers are hoping to nail down what …
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What Do Your Dreams Mean? Here’s How You Can Decode Them
New sleep apps promise to decipher the hidden meanings of your nighttime experiences. But how reliable are they?
The Healthland Podcast, Special Edition: Sleep
This week we bring you a special edition podcast about sleep — but we promise it’s a wide-awake listen! TIME senior editor Jeffrey Kluger explains why your brain may be at its most creative while you sleep, and TIME senior …
Psychiatric Mystery: Diagnosing Jared Loughner
It seems clear that Jared Loughner was developing a mental illness in the two years or so before the Tucson killings, but which one?
Can dreams be a study tool?
Dreaming about tomorrow’s big presentation, or how you’ll tackle certain questions on an exam later this week may seem like a sign that your anxiety over the pending challenge has seeped its way into your subconscious—yet, according to new research published in the journal Cell Biology dreaming about something you’ve learned may
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